I am a HUGE fan of Carlene Carter! She is a country singer, and being the daughter of June Carter of the legendary country band The Carter Family, you have no choice but to expect EPIC musical masterpieces and heartfelt lyrics from this lady’s mouth, and she does NOT …

Mercy, Mercy is a cover performed by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Out Of Our Heads. The track starts off with a nice sounding clean guitar part before shifting into a distorted riff which Jagger starts so sing over. To be honest I love the rhythm …

It’s the way you make me feel is one of my favorite songs of the band Steps. I first saw this video in MTV and I really like it from the start. Since then I’ve always been a fan of steps and became even more upon hearing this song. …

Longer is a song originally sang by Dan Fogelberg. I may say that the song is wonderfully written and truly inspiring. I have never heard anyone else gave a rendition of this song except David Archuleta.
David Archuleta is a runner-up in American Idol 2008. In the final performance night, …

Daughtry has come such a long way from his first appearance on American Idol years ago, and this album definitely shows how far hes come. Overall its a great album with not one song i dislike. Thats how you know an albums good, when you can listen through …

The Bleeding is Cannibal Corpse’s fourth album, and last to feature Chris Barnes on vocals, who is now the vocalist for Six Feet Under. The album was released in 1994 on Metal Blade Records, and produced by Scott Burns. The album is not as fast all the way through, …

I usually pull out A Soap Opera Christmas CD to play at least once during the Christmas season. These particular compilation includes songs sung by cast members of As the World Turns, General Hospital, One Live to Live, Another World, The Young and the Restless, The Bold and …

Nirvana’s Nevermind was released in 1991, produced by Butch Vig and released on DGC Records. The album features 12 tracks and a hidden track entitled Endless Nameless on most versions of the album. This is a classic album, considered one of the best albums of the 90’s, or even …

Hank Jones: Sweet Dreams was the second CD released in recent years by the entertainer. Jones actually spends most all of his time now in the field of genealogy, where he’s written many notable books. Before that took center stage for him, though, he was an actor …

I saw the movie Never Say Never, I was a big Justin fan in the summer and it kind of wore off. I did not notice this song in the movie that much, but when he came out with this song on the album I was absolutly blow away. …

My kids think I’m old school because I mostly prefer country music now days. However every now and them I shock them when I listen to songs like ‘Stair Way to Heaven’ by Led Zeppelin. What they don�t realize is I was a kid once too. That I …

Digging Up Bones is one of the songs that Randy Travis does that really hits home with me. You see, to me the song is about a love that has ended but that I was not ready to end. When I was sixteen I met a man that was …

The Foo Fighters came about when the grunge band Nirvana ceased to be due to Kurt Cobain’s untimely death. I have always loved the Foo Fighters and the relationship to Nirvana has absolutely no bearing on my opinion of this cool band. I have seen them in concert as …

Private Ave is a song by Green Day which appears on their record Kerplunk. The song starts off with a repetitive guitar riff along with a slight lead over it before Armstrong comes in with the vocals for the verse. One problem I have thus far with the …

Scarlet Begonias is a song by Sublime which is the tenth track to appear on their debut release, 40 Oz. To Freedom. I should mention that this is a cover of a pretty well-known Grateful Dead song which I’m pretty familiar with. What I particularly like about Scarlet Begonias …

Jay-Z
“Roc Boys (And the Winner Is…)”
American Gangster
Roc-A-Fella Records/Island Def Jam
Director: Chris Robinson
This is probably one of Jay-Z’s most celebrity-packed recent music videos as of yet. Following “Blue Magic”, “Roc Boys (And The Winner Is…)” is the second single and music video off of Jay-Z’s tenth album called “American Gangster” …

Horseshoes And Handgrenades is a song by Green Day which appears on their most recent studio effort, 21st Century Breakdown. Before I begin, I would say that with only Christian’s Inferno being the only real competition, Horseshoes And Handgrenades is easily the most aggressive track on the record so …

I was never really a big fan of Mariah Carey’s but after hearing her new songs on the radio and then obtaining her cd I can defintely say she’s one of hip-hop’s M.V.P. Her cd the Emancipation of Mimi was excellent. She really put her haert in this one. …

I was getting a bit bored with the selection of CDs I had in my car and, over the weekend, decided to dig through some of them that we had lying around the house and see if there were any I would be interested in listening to while driving …

I’m So Tired is a track by The Beatles which appears on their self-titled album, or The White Album. Unlike the rest of the album, I’m So Tired is actually a very laid-back track, and as the name would imply, it has a very sleepy feel and tone to …

The first song I heard by Daniel Kirkley was My New Dawn. I heard this awesome song on the radio. This was definitely a cut above the other songs they play on the radio. It was a gorgeous, powerful song. When I heard that song, …

Artist: Destiny’s Child ft. Jermaine Dupri
Video: With Me, Part 1
Album: Destiny’s Child
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
“With Me, Part 1″ is the third single and music video from Destiny’s Child’s self-titled debut album, followed by “No, No, No (Part 1)” and “No, No, No (Part 2)”. This time, the female …

Garth Brooks put together a couple of party songs during his career. Ain’t Goin’ Down ‘Til the Sun Comes Up is one of them. Partying in the country generally means that you aren’t going to stop until you see daylight. You may not even stop then. That is what …

It amazes me that I ever purchased Garth Brooks: Double Live CD because, frankly, he was never a favorite of mine. I did have a co-worker who adored the man. I don’t deny he knows how to put on a show or can sing a song, but …

I can honestly say I’m not a Taylor Swift fan, and that’s not because I don’t like her it’s just I don’t really fall into her target audience. I prefer to listen to music that caters to my age group and a bit more maturity.
It wasn’t until I was …

Iowa is a great metal album. This album firmly establishes what metal music should be like. And I find it truly amazing how such a great metal album came out exactly at the right time, from the point of view of the state of the music industry. Due to …

The Show Must Go On is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their concept album, The Wall. The track opens up with harmonized voices singing together in a very melodic fashion over a very basic drum rhythm which gives the song a very calm feel. It’s sort …

Since the start of the I got your back song of Keri Hilson and T.I. I started to be a fan of Keri. Actually while watching the video of I got your back, I came to see this another video of her, another single coming from her album No …

I had the chance to purchase Dr. Dre 2001, also known as the Chronic 2001 and I thought that it was another classic hip hop album. Granted, it may not have been as good as the Chronic but still the beats were excellent as well as the productions …

Listen to 12 tracks that are in Asia’s latest album, like bring us back to the era of 80. Drum pattern, the pattern of the melody to bring nuance, was thick with color in the era of 80. Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes and John Wetton, presents quality …

This album was released very recently - just on the 17th of April. I am a huge fan of all of Dar Williams’ music, but, although I had very high expectations, I was not at all disappointed.
As with all of this unique singer songwriter’s music, each song is completely …

Put a girl in it by Brooks and Dunn is a very good song about how you can do anything but put a girl in it and that makes everything worth it. It’s like she makes all the difference to any situation because a guy needs a girl and …

By the time KILLER was released in 1971, Alice Cooper the man had slowly but surely began creating his gothic and spooky character. Gone was the flower child inspired fruit rock and in it’s place a progressively inclined psychedelic hard rock sound that really shows the beginning of the …

This is Marilyn Manson’s first major label album released in 1994 on Nothing/Interscope Records. The album was produced by Marilyn Manson alongside Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. The album starts off with Prelude the family trip it includes words from charlie and the chocolate factory, the song My …

Gym Class Heroes are an American band that I didn’t know of till recently. I first heard them with their first single from a new album on the radio airways and later bought their album.
Their second song to release with a video was “Clothes Off”
This song has a …

Overview —“ A Matter Of Life And Death, Iron Maiden’s fourteenth effort and most recent album to date, is certainly one of Maiden’s most ambitious records where they certainly show off a lot of musicianship and excellent songwriting without worrying about track length at all. Just from looking at …

This video used the most simple scenes to make the video so extra special. It gave me a feeling of happiness whenever I watched it and it filled my head with good memories when I was in high school. I wouldn’t think a video by Katy Perry would be …

Mr. lonely by Akon is a song on how this guy is so lonely because his girl leaves him and he is upset about it. He now is so lonely because he knows he messed up. Now he does not have a girl and it hurts to see …

Falling For You is a song by Weezer which appears on their sophomore effort, Pinkerton. Opening up with a clean guitar intro that sounds incredibly delicate and gentle, the band doesn’t waste too much time in kicking in the distortion and going into the bulk of the song led …

Norah Jones’ Come Away With Me is a beautifully done CD with songs that are sung from the heart. Come Away With Me features all the great songs that I love by Norah Jones, such as Turn Me On, Come Away With Me (the title track), Shoot The Moon, …

Hold Your Head is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on their album Hit To Death In The Future Head. Opening up with some noise effects, actual instrumentation begins to come in after around twenty seconds to create an atmosphere which sounds pretty empty and confusing in …

Better Than Me by Hinder is a song about how a guy is feeling down about his girl and realizing that the girl deserves better than him. obviously he was not treating the girl right and has tried to convince himself that he is not going to miss her. …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Sweet Dreams”
Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce
Label: Columbia
Director: Adria Petty
Beyonce ditches the black and white cinematography formula for color once again ( as she did for “Halo”). I’m not sure if a dream with Beyonce would be a nightmare or a sweet dream, it depends - If it …

This is the second album by the Canadian metal band 3 Inches Of Blood and the first on Roadrunner Records it was released in September of 2004 and produced by Neil Kernon. The style of the band could be compared to Iron Maiden, Mercyful Fate, and other classic metal …

Jay-Z
“Hard Knock Life”
Volume 2… Hard Knock Life
Roc-A-Fella Records
I’m sorry but Jay-Z really needs to be banished for this one. “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” is the second single and music video from his third album “Volume 2… Hard Knock Life”, following “Can I Get A…”. I’ve got two main …

Overview —“ Whiplash, the sixth track on Kill —˜Em All, is a track which feels and sounds quite similar to Hit The Lights, in my opinion, so if you enjoyed Hit The Lights, then you’ll probably enjoy Whiplash as well. In fact, to be honest, there’s actually quite a …

At the time when I first listened to this record I was not impressed by it. The problem there was that by then I had already been rather closely familiar with the Nine Inch Nails albums The Downward Spiral and The Fragile. And compared to those albums, this album …

Universe is a song by Scars On Broadway which appears on their debut record, Scars On Broadway. Universe opens with an electric guitar riff which I would describe as sort of a driving lead which goes nicely into a drum pattern played by Dolmayan before picking up in terms …

When I first heard of Katy Perry’s Firework, I thought it is just another teenage song and so I didn’t pay much attention to it. But yesterday, my brother showed me a video he made using that song, and I was moved by the lyrics. Contrary to what I …

I Was There is a song by Green Day which appears on their debut record 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. The song starts off with a generic guitar riff consisting of some simple chords before the drums come in with a nice pounding rhythm which at least give something interesting …